Gossip Girl Reborn by Darlene Nunez

Chapter 278 I Cannot Let Him Off The Hook Finished

Riddled with anxiety, Deborah's father immediately demanded, "Where on earth have you been? Why can't we find you? Who are you with, and why aren't you answering your phone?" Deborah was silent for a moment, causing everyone to ense up.

"What's the issue? I had a sudden stroke of inspiration and went to work in the car. I even had my phone. on silent mode. I do this all the time. Didn't they say they didn't need me there?" she answered in a baffled tone.

Recalling that such behavior was typical of her indeed, the Carneys heaved a sigh of relief and immediately said, "Come home. Something has come up. By the way, have you seen Damien?" "No. What's going on?"

The Carneys did not know what to say and simply replied, "We'll talk when you get back."

Once the phone call ended, they immediately turned to Ruby and Oliver and snapped "Hear that?"

Ruby and Oliver looked grith. It's too fast. Something isn't right.

"Who knows?" Ruby insisted stubbornly.

Although Oliver did not speak, he had a disbelieving look in his eyes.

"Well, I'm curious to see how you'll continue to spin lies later. I'm afraid we have to reconsider this engagement," the Carneys replied.

Given the way they've insulted our daughter, we truly have to think twice about the engagement,

At that moment, instead of Deborah returning, it was Damien.

Needless to say, his return instantly drew everyone's attention.

Their thoughts ran wild when they saw that he had changed his clothes.

you to attend to something? What's going on? You've been gone for quite some time and

raised his recently bandaged hand. The

no choice but to tend to my injury before coming back. My phone.... it got waterlogged and doesn't seem to be working anymore," he explained helplessly while

out a satisfied

Well, I don't believe it. Both of you just happened

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my fiancée? How could you do this to me? I can't

on earth are you babbling about? Can

Oliver coldly. I can't believe that, even note, he still doesn't know how to restrain himself. Is he determined to disregard the Winters family's reputation? Meanwhile, someone kindly

burst out laughing. "So, based on this groundless speculation, you're accusing us for no good reason? In that case, you should try checking everyone's phone. If someone left early or was having fun outside and didn't

own eyes, Ruby piped up, refusing to give Dainien a chance to

being pierced by a needle. Does she actually despise me so much? That toisted, ugly expression of hers

Mother and stopped you from entering the entertainment industry, you decided to treat me so horribly? It's no secret that our relationship has always Been strained,

caused the others to believe him a little. After all, Ruby did seem like the type who only cared about her feelings and nobody else's. Moreover, their

a fabrication, she could not help stammering. All she could do was shout insistently, "What I said is true. It's the truth. Something is going

by Damien's reaction, something definitely happened. And if

believe a word you say. We'll settle this once Deborah returns," Oliver said. I don't believe

no sooner had he said that than a flicker of panic flashed across Damien's eyes. That made Oliver

need to come with me now. I haven't completed the task Aunt

was magnanimous and thus prioritized the

was feeling guilty and wanted to settle things

running through Oliver's mind. He felt a sense of satisfaction as he watched. Damien, who always

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